Given the amount of hostility aimed at this White House by liberals in Congress and the leftist media, President Trump can expect obstruction to his agenda during his time in the White House.

Mainstream media pundits had listeners believing that last week's testimony by FBI Director James Comey before the Senate Intelligence Committee would be an apocalyptic moment for Trump.Expect liberals to switch tactics and continue to deflect attention from the aggressive Trump agenda. Here are the kinds of stories being presented by obsessed Trump-haters and spread by the liberal media:• The "Trump Ten." This is the apparent phenomenon where people have gained weight by "stress eating" since President Trump was inaugurated in late January.• A Los Angeles sex therapist claims Trump winning the presidency has led to "The Trump Bedroom Backlash" - a widespread loss of libido in the bedroom among her clients.• Stanford University emailed its students and faculty that psychological counseling was available for those experiencing "uncertainty, anger, anxiety and/or fear" following last fall's election. A freshman, meanwhile, condemned the university for providing students who were adversely affected by the election of Trump with a "vast network" of support while failing to deal with anti-Semitic acts such as erasing swastika graffiti from a library wall.Washington is not spinning out of control, despite the liberals' attempt to divert from the issues and create an anti-Trump hysteria.Obsessed with the Comey hearings last week which received blanket coverage, most major media outlets ignored a briefing by VA Secretary David Shulkin to address problems at veterans' care facilities, an issue affecting many American families.Shulkin said a priority in improving health care for veterans is eliminating the long waiting time for new appointments. This requires an overhaul of information technology systems. There are plans to reduce 400 vacant buildings and 735 underutilized facilities, consolidate the VA headquarters in Washington and partner with local governments and the private sector.With about 20 veterans taking their lives each day, suicides are a priority. Beginning this summer, veterans with "other than honorable" discharges from the military will be able to receive urgent mental health care.As part of Trump's 10-Point Plan to Reform the VA, the agency recently introduced a soft launch of a hotline for veterans to reach out for help or voice complaints. The hotline, which will be fully operational by Aug. 15, is available Monday through Friday by calling 855-948-2311.Shulkin said employee accountability is clearly broken. Passage of the VA reform bill by the senate last week will allow people to be more easily fired from the agency. This helps address the staffing problem since it makes sure the right people are leading the VA.The Trump budget plan calls for a 3.7 percent increase in total VA funding, mostly to pay for rising costs of medical care.It specifically calls for $29 billion over the next decade for Choice, which allows veterans to seek outside medical care from private doctors.Some veterans' groups, however, are concerned that an expansion of Choice would jeopardize core VA programs.Revamping the broken system and fulfilling Trump's campaign promises will require the administration working with a polarized Congress.Hopefully, enough elected officials on both sides of the aisle will put party loyalties aside and help the men and women in uniform who faithfully served this country.The veterans represent REAL news that Congress and the media need to be focusing on.By Jim Zbick |

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